Artificial bait.



E. J. MAUS.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1916.

1L @UT/fififi Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

. ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Application filed April 8, 1916. Serial No. 89,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, EDWARD J. MAUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jo-liet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in artificial bait, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a bait which is provided with a sectional outer shell which is adapted to be .interchanged to meet various conditions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel means for holding said celluloid shell in place on a bait body.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device which will not only hold the shell on the body but will also permit the shell to be readily removed and provide a means by which the spoon and hooks may be attached to the bait.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be "1) fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the bait constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through Fig. 1 taken at right angles thereto, Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the lower end of the bait, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line H of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 out Fig. 52.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the bait body consisting of a piece of wood or any other suitable material tapered at opposite ends to generally conform to the shape of a fish. Extending longitudinally through the body is a bore 3 and through the bore the rod, by means of which the shells are held in place, extends.

The shell illustrated in the drawings consists of the head piece 4: and the tail piece 5.

The head piece above mentioned is provided with an aperturet'i arranged to expose the eyes '7 which are positioned in the forward portion of the body 1, while the tail is provided with a pair of alining apertures which are adapted to register with the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

counter-sunk portions of the body to receive suitable cups as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. A flange 8 is formed on the tail piece and extends upwardly therefrom and is adapted to partially overlie the head piece and a gasket 9 is positioned between the abutting edges of the head and tail pieces to prevent the water from flowing into the device between the body and the shell.

Extending through the longitudinal bore 3 is a rod 10 which is threaded at one end as at 1-1 and projects at its opposite end through a cap 12 which is adapted to engage the end of the head portion of the shell to hold the same in place. The spoon 13 is swivelly mounted on the portion 'of the rod which extends beyond the cap and a loop 14 is formed on said end and is adapted to provide a connection by means of which the fishing line is attached.

The threaded end of the rod is adapted to be threaded into the sleeve 15 which is formed integral with the cap 16 which en.- gages the tail piece of shell 5 and holds the same in place and this cap is provided with an outwardly extending rod 17 on which the spoon 18 is swivelly mounted, the outer end of the rod 17 is looped as at 19 to provide an attaching means for the hook designated by the numeral 29.

In order to secure the lateral hooks in place, a suitable yoke designated generally arms are connected by the U-shaped stem 23 which projects into a bore 24: extending into the body 1. Thisbore 24 is a transverse bore and communicates with the longitudinal bore 3 through which the stem 10 extends and it will be seen upon reference to Fig. t that when the yoke is in place the rod or stem 10 extends through the bight portion of the ill-shaped stem 23, thus firmly hold ing the device in place. The ends of the arms oi the curved members opposite those which are connected by the szem are provided with loops 25 to which the eves of the lateral hooks extend.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that when so desired the rod 10 may be removed and thereby permitting the caps and 16 to be taken from the ends of the device and a new shell may he slipped in place and the cap replaced, thus providing a de vice which may readily be changed to meet various requirements. It will also be apparent that when the rod is removed and withdrawn from the bore 3, the stem 23 may be withdrawn from the bore 24 thereby permitting the yoke 21 to be removed and allowing a new shell to be slipped in place.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes, may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device "of the class described, a body, a shell comprising a head and tail piece, said head and tail piece being adapted to be slipped over the body to entirely inclose the same, a rod extending longitudinally through the body, caps mounted at 1 opposite ends of the rod, one end of the rod being threaded into one of the caps to permit the rod to be removed and allow the shells to be taken off the body, and spinners and hooks carried by the rod.

2. In a device of the class described, a

7 body provided with a longitudinal bore, a

rod adapted to extend through said bore, said rod being provided at one end with threads, the opposite end of the rod being provided with a loop, spinners rotatably mounted on the loop end of the rod, a cap intermediate the spinner and the opposite end of the rod, said cap being adapted to engage the body, a sectional shell being adapted to surround the body, the said cap acting to hold the shell in. place, and a cap at the opposite end of the body, said cap holding the opposite section of the shell in place.

3. In a device of the class described, a body provided with a longitudinal bore, a sectional shell adapted to fit over and inclose the body, a rod extending through the bore, a cap on one end of said rodto engage one section of shell and hold the same in place, a cap at the opposite end of the body to hold the opposite section of the shell in place.

4. In an artificial bait, abody, said body being provided with a longitudinal bore and having a transverse bore communicating therewith, hook attaching means at opposite ends of the body, a rod extending through the longitudinal bore and adapted to hold the hook attaching means in place, a yoke comprising a pair of arms, hook attaching means at the outer ends of the arms, and a U-shaped stem at the inner ends of the arms, said yoke being adapted to fit over the body so that the U-shaped stem extends through the transverse bore and is engaged by the longitudinal rod and hooks on the hook attaching means.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. MAUS.

Witnesses: CHARLES L. HERMES, HARmE'r'r MAUS. 

